United States official films shown here / The Hegeman Print N.Y. – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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United States official films shown here / The Hegeman Print N.Y.
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A color lithograph from 1917, this poster advertises "United States official films shown here," and its catalog record links the subject to the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The timing matters: the United States had entered the First World War that April, and the newly formed Committee on Public Information, led by George Creel, relied on films and posters to explain the war and build public support for it. Printed by the Hegeman Print company in New York, the poster shows how the motion picture industry, still young, had become a channel for wartime communication.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 53 x 35 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Motion picture industry--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,718 × 4,696 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223425 |
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